Women in Finance

Barclays, Rathbones, Jupiter lag FTSE peers on women’s leadership roles

Only 11 London-listed banks and asset managers had executive committees that had 40% or more of women on them

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Will the anti-diversity movement derail women in the City?

Take Financial News’s Women in the City survey and have your say

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Take Financial News’s Women in the City 2025 survey now

Have things become better for female professionals? Or has DEI fallen off the corporate agenda?

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Financial News journalists win big at Aviva Investors media awards

Shruti Tripathi Chopra, Justin Cash and Kristen McGachey lauded for their work

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BNP Paribas’s Emmanuelle Bury-Lucas: ‘We really had no role models to follow’

One of the few female leaders of a major bank, the head of BNP Paribas’s City operations wants to ensure no woman gets left behind in the AI revolution

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A queen of M&A and the LSE’s first female boss: Where top women from the FN100 list are now

Some of the City’s most influential women will gather at Financial News’s HQ in November to celebrate this year’s FN100 list

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Clockwise from top left; Netanya Clixby, Wei Na, Vera Fehling, Laura Vincent, and Beth Dunmall.

Financial News’s female rising stars continue to climb the ranks

To mark International Women’s Day, FN takes a look at some recent female rising stars and what they have done since being recognised

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'Let’s succeed as women, as ourselves, and let’s help each other along the way' Morrissey tells FN's leaders

Helena Morrissey: Diversity has stalled. Women must drive it forward again

Equality champion outlines five priorities at a dinner celebrating FN's 100 Most Influential Women in Finance

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Nikko’s Stefanie Drews: ‘I took a few steps back and then worked my way up’

Nikko Asset Management’s president is one of Japan’s few female bosses. To get to the top, she had to know the company inside and out

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FN will publish its 17th annual flagship list of the 100 Most Influential Women in Finance this year

Wanted: Most Influential Women in Finance

FN is looking for senior professionals for its annual list recognising the achievements of women in financial services

FN's list will recognise the women helping drive crypto's next phase of growth

FN to reveal the top women in crypto

From regulators to crypto exchanges, women are leading digital assets' charge into mainstream financial services

Mary O'Connor became the first woman to lead a Big Four firm in the UK in 2021

Ex-KPMG chief executive on why auditors are getting it so wrong

Mary O’Connor 'cold-called' David Howden, founder and CEO of the eponymous City insurance broker, in search of a new role after she resigned from KPMG

Clare Lombardelli is set to become chief economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Government chief economist job fails to attract women applicants

Outgoing chief economic advisor to the Treasury Clare Lombardelli was the first woman to hold the post

Even after reaching top leadership positions, women are still fighting for acceptance

Why women in hedge funds struggle to succeed: ‘People still idolise the Wolf of Wall Street’

‘My co-founder is male and I can’t even count the number of times that someone referred to him as my boss'

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The City remains male-dominated, but steps are being taken to improve gender diversity

FN’s Rising Stars lists show how far women have come in the City

As we mark IWD, FN's lists show that women are moving up the ranks in financial services

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FN's debut list will celebrate diversity in the digital assets space

Wanted: The top women working in crypto

Do you know a senior woman who deserves to be recognised for her role in the digital assets sector in Europe?

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Clockwise from top left: Hortense Bioy, Valerie Baudson, Dame Anne Richards, Deborah Fuhr, Jane Sloan, Michelle Scrimgeour, Sylvia Pozezenac and Hanneke Smits

Meet the top women in European fund management

FN's inaugural Twenty Most Influential in Fund Management list includes eight senior women, including the CEOs of Amundi, BNY Mellon Investment Management and Fidelity International

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